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Brown works overtime in Barrie----------------
Waterdown karter drives
from 30th to 9th in Canada Junior pre-final
BARRIE, ONTARIO - Waterdown karter Tyler Brown had a strong outing
at the Barrie Grand Prix, which hosted the third round of the
Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship Presented by Toronto Star
Wheels.
On Saturday, Brown ran in RotaxMax Jr. In qualifying, Brown was
only 0.355 of a second off pole - which left him sixth on the
grid. "These are very competitive classes," Brown said.
"You have to get a good clear lap to be near the top, and
a perfect lap to be on the pole."
In the pre-final, Brown made his way up to fifth, and set his
sights on the podium for the final. "I think we were good
in the pre-final, but we just needed a little more to move forward."
In the final, Brown dropped back to eighth on the start, and then
needed to work overtime to finish fifth in the final tally. Third
through fifth crossed the line in the same second. "I had
a chance at the podium on the last lap, and I took a big risk
to try to move up. It didn't pan out, but I am happy with fifth
at a big event like this."
On Sunday, Brown took on the always-competitive Canada Junior
Heavy class. A mechanical problem in qualifying left him 30th
on the grid. "We had been competitive in practice,"
Brown said, "Now there was more work to do." In the
pre-final, Brown moved up to ninth, and then in the final, he
continued his march forward to end up sixth. "That was a
lot of work for a sixth," Brown said.
Earlier in the month of June saw Brown in action at one of the
most popular events in Ontario Karting, The Mosport Grand Prix.
Brown qualified his Hurricane sponsored PTK Rotax second - the
outside pole. The only glitch on the day came when the skies opened
and the rain came. The pre-final was run in the rain and a high
speed spin on lap 3 would left Brown clawing back from last to
finish 8th. In the final, Brown quickly moved up to third and
then battled for the next few laps with Pearce Herder for second.
Brown had to settle for 3rd. "I fought as hard as I could,
I'm happy with third."
The following weekend Brown ran the combined Toronto and Mosport
club race at Goodwood. Brown suited up to run 4 cycle that day,
part of a huge 26 kart field. He battled all day at the front,
eventually bringing home 5th. Brown, who was somewhat irritated
voiced his grievance after the race. "I think they made a
mistake in the tower. They signaled that we had 2 laps to go,
and in 4 cycle, passes have to be set up to be successful. I had
my strategy. When I got the 2 laps to go signal, I passed Brad
Forbes of Kingston and was setting to make one more pass on the
last lap - and they threw the checkered. We got stuck with a 5th
which is okay, but I felt we were a 4th or 3rd place kart today."
Tyler Brown Fast Facts;
Tyler Brown is a 12-year-old racer from
Waterdown, Ontario. He is starting his seventh year in karting.
In 2004, Brown was fifth in the ASN Canada FIA Canadian Nationals
and fourth in points at Mosport. He was also fifth in Toronto
Kart Club Junior Lite championship. In 2004 he had 37 race starts,
ammased one win, two poles and 19 top five finishes.
In 2002 he finished sixth in the OKRA (Ontario Kart Racing Association)
regional series in Junior Light. In 2001, he was sixth at the
Mosport Grand Prix, sixth at the OKRA GrandNationals - where
he was the youngest driver in his class. In 2000 Brown was fifth
in Junior Restricted at the Waterloo Regional Kart Club.
Brown drives for 4B Racing Team (www.4bracing.com)
and he is supported by Assante Asset Management, Team Hurricane,
Adin Group Inc (www.adin.ca),
VH Web
DeZine, Arnold Engines, Big Brother Big Sisters and South
Side Mens Shop of Hamilton (905-521-0466).
For more information on Tyler Brown, contact Russ Bond Agency
(www.russbondagency.com)
905-852-2900.
Hi-Res photos available on request
Release prepared by Russ Bond Agency
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